I am just about finished with Tom Davis's Fields of the Fatherless. In it the author says, "I believe when you strip Christianity down to its basics, this is what it means: to feed, clothe, and treat the fatherless as members of one's own family." Tom Davis explores God heart for the poor, widows and the fatherless and what we each can do. The book is very motivational and convicting.
Another book I love is Mary Ostyn's A Sane Woman's Guide to Raising a Large Family. Mary and her husband have ten children, six through adoption. The book is down-to-earth with practical tips. In the first chapter she says, "I know I'm not solely responsible for the world's children. Each time we have adopted, we have not done it out of some misguided savior complex but because we wanted another person to hug night, another face at our table, another little one to teach to talk and walk and ride a bike, another person to rejoice over as he or she grows and learns.
Any yet, when and if my husband declare that finally we're done with diapers, night waking, tantrums from two-year olds and potty puddles found when we are in our sock feet, whether we care to face it or not, we are also closing a door in the face of a real living child waiting somewhere in the world who could be ours."
Her book has been a great encouragement to me. Having a large family is unusual in the Bay Area, but raising lots of children is truly a blessing.
Mary's blog is here http://www.owlhaven.net/
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